Sewing machine loop taker mounting

In combination with a sewing machine loop taker having a body portion formed with a bobbin case accommodating raceway, a hub, and lubricant conduits leadng from said hub to said raceway, and a drive shaft for said loop taker having a lubricant conducting bore, mounting means for securing said loop taker on said drive shaft comprising:

• a socket formed at one extremity of said drive shaft communicating with said lubricant conducting bore and snugly accommodating said loop taker hub, fastening means carried by said drive shaft for securing said loop taker hub in said drive shaft socket, a tube means carried by said drive shaft in lubricant conducting communication at one extremity with said lubricant conducting bore and protruding at the other extremity into said socket, said loop taker hub being formed with a bore extending from the free extremity of said hub toward said body portion and into communication with said lubricating conduits, said protruding extremity of said tube means extending in telescoping relation within said hub bore when said loop taker is secured on said drive shaft, means carried on said tube means within the length overlapped by said hub bore in telescopic relation thereto for deterring lubricant flow externally along said tube means toward said drive shaft, and means on said hub bore within the length overlapped by said tube means in telescopic relation thereto for deterring lubricant flow along said hub bore toward the free extremity toward said hub.